DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 11/22 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 37.4 - - 44.8 - - 43.9 - - 42.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 20 - - 75 - - -25 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 148 - - 1204 - - 47 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1037 - - 2093 - - 936 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 349 - - 652 - - 1495 - - 1044 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 60 - - 189 - - 22 - - 19 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 11 - - 8 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 155 - - 212 - - 206 - - 222 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -2 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -780 - - -1734 - - -1567 - - -985 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1817 - - 3828 - - 2503 - - 1921 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9076 - - -9208 - - -7644 - - -7862 ODpotential blCL - - - 10113 - - 11301 - - 8580 - - 8798 blCL maxRH - - - 81 - - 77 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 37.4 - - 44.8 - - 43.9 - - 42.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.0 - - 31.5 - - 36.4 - - 37.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 37.3 - - 44.4 - - 45.1 - - 43.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.4 - - 30.4 - - 35.6 - - 36.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 20 - - 75 - - -25 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 148 - - 1204 - - 47 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 25 - - 8 - - 101 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 5 - - 5 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95987 21 355 23 359 17 352 13 350 95987 89079 25 022 24 019 23 008 24 012 89079 83686 28 035 21 033 23 017 29 015 83686 79169 30 028 20 039 21 025 24 020 79169 75238 22 003 16 023 18 012 18 008 75238 71730 14 336 11 339 15 349 13 338 71730 68541 15 313 13 310 14 310 17 305 68541 65600 26 296 24 299 20 293 19 306 65600 62861 32 287 35 289 30 290 31 290 62861 60204 32 274 41 278 39 287 39 280 60204 57417 36 269 42 272 45 280 41 277 57417 54502 41 271 42 262 48 271 45 278 54502 51716 42 260 44 257 50 267 46 277 51716 49211 45 261 41 264 45 263 47 277 49211 46969 47 259 40 268 37 262 46 274 46969 44933 44 257 40 266 34 267 43 276 44933 43067 40 256 39 269 34 278 49 282 43067 41349 37 265 40 274 38 291 49 285 41349 39761 43 272 40 274 44 297 53 298 39761 38285 41 274 40 276 49 299 63 299 38285 36909 38 275 41 269 51 295 63 283 36909 35597 35 302 32 285 41 283 56 278 35597 34272 38 305 30 286 35 277 62 285 34272 32900 36 298 31 289 39 281 64 279 32900 31481 32 298 34 283 45 280 62 267 31481 29996 32 292 36 276 44 272 61 267 29996 28433 30 278 36 267 47 275 64 275 28433 26795 33 285 41 278 48 283 68 281 26795 25082 33 283 44 287 49 284 65 284 25082 23292 36 289 43 287 48 281 58 286 23292 21430 35 291 40 281 48 277 53 288 21430 19487 35 280 40 274 46 276 49 288 19487 17456 36 277 39 280 43 279 47 287 17456 15386 34 293 38 293 41 283 45 283 15386 13401 32 303 37 302 39 292 47 285 13401 11607 29 308 32 303 39 287 44 285 11607 10016 27 308 30 293 40 283 40 281 10016 8598 24 307 30 288 40 280 37 279 8598 7335 20 314 26 285 37 273 38 278 7335 6215 20 322 22 282 33 268 41 281 6215 5226 17 323 19 277 29 267 42 281 5226 4358 12 314 16 270 27 257 44 277 4358 3596 7 305 11 259 26 245 40 268 3596 2917 3 278 11 227 24 227 38 254 2917 2320 6 172 12*214 22 214 34 243 2320 1825 8 169 12*213 20 209 29 231 1825 1445 7 163 11 212 18 208 26 227 1445 1184 5*149 11 211 15 207 19 223 1184 1026 2*153 10 211 13*207 16*223 1026 936 1 156 8 211 8*206 9*222 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography